CVE-2016-20014
highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.27% (70th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
In pam_tacplus.c in pam_tacplus before 1.4.1, pam_sm_acct_mgmt does not zero out the arep data structure.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
9.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
CWE-200USLLM-inferred
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- pam tacplus project pam tacplus< 1.4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pam_tacplus_project:pam_tacplus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (5)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-20014cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2016-20014/cnnvd
- https://github.com/kravietz/pam_tacplus/commit/e4c00eba70a0f72c4de77b5f072c69708ec2beabcnnvd
- https://github.com/kravietz/pam_tacplus/commit/e4c00eba70a0f72c4de77b5f072c69708ec2beabenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/kravietz/pam_tacplus/commit/e4c00eba70a0f72c4de77b5f072c69708ec2beabPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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